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Owain Huw
BSc (Hons) SFHEA
Digital Learning Manager
- Welsh speaking
Overview
Role responsibilities
I am a Digital Learning Manager at the Learning and Teaching Academy with responsibility for leading strategic projects and initiatives. These include two University-wide projects within the Education and Student Experience portfolio (2021-24) – as Business Lead for the Digital Learning Environment project which included the roll-out of Blackboard Ultra Courses; and as one of the Business Leads for the Flexible Learning project that considered the University’s strategic approach to flexible learning. HEA Senior Fellow (SFHEA) and Cardiff University Education Senior Fellow.
Key work/expertise
- Lead on strategic University-wide projects and initiatives
- Manage the strategic relationship with FutureLearn and the development of short-courses and microcredentials
- Learning and Teaching Academy School Partner for the School of Computer Science and Informatics
Biography
I have over 20 years' experience in leading and managing strategic IT projects, digital learning, and research computing within the university sector.
I joined Cardiff University in 2016 as Programme Manager for Supercomputing Wales – a £16 million investment programme, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government – to give university research teams access to powerful computing facilities. I previously led the development of a portfolio of national Welsh-medium digital learning services at the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol – including Wales' first national virtual learning environment, 'Y Porth'.
I joined Cardiff Academy of Learning and Teaching in 2020, and as a member of the Digital Education team, I am responsible for leading and supporting a series of organisational-wide projects and initiatives.